Prof. Ravi V. Gomatam
DIRECTOR, Bhaktivedanta Institute, Berkeley and Mumbai
Adjunct Professor, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India
DIRECTOR, Institute for Semantic Information Sciences and Technology (ISIST), Berkeley and Mumbai
Contact Info
2334
Stuart Street, Berkeley, CA 94705
mailing address: PO Box 3206, Berkeley, CA 94703, USA
Tel: +1 510-841-7618
Email: rgomatam@bvinst.edu
Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomatam_Ravi
Education
- (1998)
Ph.D. in Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Dept
of Philosophy, Mumbai University
- (1974)
M.E. in electronics Engineering, BITS, Pilani,
India
- (1972)
B.E. in electrical and electronics Engineering, Annamalai
University, India
Brief Bio
Prof. Gomatam received his masters in electronics engineering in the early
1970s from BITS, Pilani. After working in India for a
few years with a major international airline on their software development
projects, he worked for a number of Fortune-500 companies including General
Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Burroughs and IBM as a freelance software specialist in
the areas of operating system design, data communications and very-large
database design in USA. In the mid-80s, he turned to fundamental scientific
research, first completing a Ph.D. in the foundations of quantum mechanics.
Since then he has remained in academics doing full-time research and graduate
level teaching.
Fields of Research Interest
- Foundations
of quantum mechanics
- Foundations
of artificial intelligence
- Philosophy
of science
- Philosophy
of mathematics
- Consciousness
studies
- Philosophy
of language
Visiting Scholar
- Dept
of Mathematics, U. of Pretoria, S. Africa, January- February, 2000
- Dept.
of Philosophy, Loyola University, New Orleans, August-Sept, 2001
Some scholarly appreciations and citations of my work
- (Forthcoming) “How
Do Classical and Quantum Probabilities Differ?”,
in Foundations of Probability and
Physics-6 (Ed. A. Khrennikov), Conference
Proceedings Series, American Institute
of Physics.
Abstract Full Paper
- (2010) "Macroscopic
Quantum Mechanics and System of Systems Design Approach", Invited talk
at the Indo-US Workshop on Systems Engineering, Oct. 26-28, IIT, Kanpur.
Abstract
- (2010) "Quantum
Realism and Haecceity" In Ghose, Partha (editor) History
of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization. Volume XII.
Materialism
and Immaterialism in India and the West: Varying Vistas, part 5, CSC: New Delhi,
pp. 853-872.
Full Paper
- (2010) "Popper's Propensity Interpretation and Heisenberg's Potentia Interpretation”A
comparative assessment" In Sengupta, Pradip
K. (editor) History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian
Civilization. Volume XIII. History of Science and Philosophy of Science,
part 6, CSC: New Delhi, p. 301-312.
Full Paper
- (2009)
"Quantum
Theory, the Chinese Room Argument and the Symbol Grounding Problem" In P. Bruza et al. (2009)
(eds.) Quantum Interaction-2009, Lecture Notes in Artificial
Intelligence, vol. 5494, pp. 174-183, Springer-Verlag:
Berlin, Heidelberg.
Abstract Full Paper
- (2007)
"Niels Bohr's Interpretation and the Copenhagen
Interpretation -- Are the two incompatible?", Philosophy of Science, December, vol 74(5), pp. 736-748.
Abstract Full Paper
- (2005) "Do Hodgson's Propositions Uniquely Characterize
Free Will?" (PDF format), Invited
commentary on a target paper, "A Plain Person's View of Free
Will" by David Hodgson, Journal of Consciousness Studies,
vol 12(1), p. 32-40, Imprint Academic: UK.
- (2004) "Physics and
Common Sense -- Relearning the Connections in the Light of Quantum
Theory" (PDF format) In Chattopadhyaya,
D.P. & Sen Gupta, A.K.
(2004) Ed., Philosophical Consciousness and Scientific Knowledge:
Conceptual Linkages and Civilizational Background, CSC: New Delhi, pp.
179-207.
- (2000)
Book Review, Quantum Dialogue, Mara Beller, Philosophy in Review, vol 20 (6), 390-392.
- (1999a)
"Quantum Theory and the Observation Problem", (PDF format) Journal
of Consciousness Studies, 6 (11-12), p. 173-190
- (1998)
Toward a
Consciousness-based, Realist Interpretation of Quantum theory -
Integrating Bohr and Einstein,
Ph.D. dissertation, University of Mumbai
- (1987)
"Real and Artificial
Intelligence: Toward a hierarchical model of consciousness, intelligence,
mind and body", 1987 in Singh &
Gomatam (1987), p. 243-294
Books
- (1987)
Singh, T.D. and Gomatam, R. (Eds.) Synthesis of Science and Religion - Critical Essays and
Dialogs (Bhaktivedanta Institute:
Mumbai). The book features contributions from 35 eminent international
scholars including six Nobel Laureates.
Papers Read
- (2004)
Complementarity - Did Bohr miss the boat?, HOPOS bi-annual meeting, July, San Francisco
- (2003)
Against 'Position', the Annual
meeting of the Canadian Association for Philosophy of Science, Halifax,
Canada, May 30-June 3
- (2002a)
What is Niels Bohr's Interpretation?, Annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the
History and Philosophy of Science, Toronto, June 26-28 http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r20430/schps_toronto_2002/programme3.html
- (2002b)
Einstein's Critique
of Quantum Theory -- A Reassessment,
Annual Meeting of the History and Philosophy of Science (HOPOS), Montreal,
July 23-25 http://mapageweb.umontreal.ca/marquisj/hopos/
- (1999b)
Quantum Information, Quantum Approaches to Consciousness, July 28-August
1, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
- (1992)
Local Realism or
Object Realism?, Poster presented at de
Broglie Centenary Conference on Particles and Waves, Trani,
Italy
- (1991)
Quantum Mechanics
and Reality, American Philosophical
Association, Central Division, group session: Knowledge and Reality.
- Guest
Editor for Special Theme Section (Physics, Philosophy and Information Technology)
of December 2005 issue of CSI Communications, the monthly magazine
of the Computer Science of India.
◊Guest Editorial
◊Special article entitled "Quantum Physics and Philosophy"
Letters
·
Published Version (April
2006)
·
My comment on Weinberg
Popular Science Talks at Campuses
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November 16, 2011 |
University of
California, Berkeley |
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September 27, 2011 |
Tulane University,
Louisiana |
Papers Reviewed for
- Synthese
- Journal
of Consciousness
Studies
Dissertations Supervised
Consultant
Supervisor
- Widolf,
E. (2002-), "Understanding or Natural Resources: Contemporary
Environmental Policy and the Polar Regions", University of Tasmania,
Hobart, Australia
Principal
Advisor
- Anderson, Greg (2003-) , Ph.D. in Consciousness
Studies, BITS, Pilani
- Vinod,
P. (2003), "Visual Illusions: Significance of context", M.S.
Thesis, Consciousness Studies
- Saberi,
R. (2003), "The Problem of Causality in Science", M.S. Thesis,
Consciousness Studies